John wrote:
>I think that I speak for about 300 million of us when I say that when we
>find the people who did this, we should shoot first and ask questions >later.
John, you *do not* speak for me, nor my family, nor many of my American
friends. Find who did this, yes, bring them to justice, yes, but never,
never 'shoot first and ask questions later'. CJ Kucera said it best in his
response to you. (Croyd??? Is CJKucera Croyd of the Mars thread??? Hi!)
Jeroen wrote:
>This is exactly why I think it is not appropriate to post this. As a citizen
>of a civilised Western nation, I believe that a person is innocent until
>proven guilty. Maybe Osama bin Laden is guilty; or maybe he is not >(he
>has already denied accusations in that direction). But until a court
>>finds him guilty, based on ample evidence, our Western notions of
>>justice dictate that he is innocent.
I'm glad it was posted. I think the sentiment of the piece was *totally*
appropriate. If you took out Osama bin Laden and put in 'Whoever did
this', would you think it appropriate to post? I read it more like "If you
were the one to perpetrate this attack on our civilization", not
necessarily pre-emptively accusing ObL. I liked it.
Jo Anne
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